Dark Eldar Kabalite Warrior Test Model
After the work on the Aegis Defense Line inspired me to start painting again I’ve spent the afternoon working on a Kabalite Warrior to test out the colour scheme I’ll use on the rest of my army. I’m thrilled with how he’s come out. I’ve been torn between a metallic scheme and a purple one. The armour was either going to be a mix of silver and bronze like the Nick Bayton army or a variation on the standard line highlighted armour from the GW boxes. In the end I went for a purple version of the line highlighted scheme but with metallic weaponry in a nod to my original plan. So here he is: After a Chaos Black undercoat the armour plates are painted in Naggaroth Night and then line highlighted with Genestealer Purple. The gun is Boltgun Metal (Leadbelcher) and Shining Gold (Gehenna’s Gold). I think it’s important to contrast the weaponry heavily with the rest of the figure as it stops it all blurring into a non-descript blob of colour. These colours were also used to pick things out on the “tool belt” such as the dagger, chain-hook and ammo magazines. Detail-wise the flayed skin is painted with Tallan Flesh (Cadian Fleshtone) and then washed with Ogryn Flesh (Reikland Fleshshade)
